The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-13
THE CHICAGO PRIZES.
The Awards Made, and the Only Thing Now
Needed Is the Cash Necessary to Pay Them.

| CHICAGO, Oct. u After the dress parade a
the military encampment to-day, Col C. w
| King. adjutant general of the camp, read the
| order of the awards of prizes as follows:
| Battalion Drill-First prize, 49, 500 Kentucky
louisville Legion; second prize, 81, 800, Second
Minnesota.
Company Drill-First prize, SIS. 900. COMPANY
g, Third Wisconsin; second prize 50, 800, To
ledo. q. Cadets third prize 81 200, Company
=. First Colorado: fourth prize $3.50, Company
G First Illinois; fifth prize. $500, Company A,
Thirteenth Ohio.
Artillery Platoon-First prize. $1,000. First
Light Battery: Wisconsin,; second prize, 81. 900.
$500, right platoon. Battery D. Illinois; fourth
prize, $500. First Minnesota Battery. Out of a
possible 100, the platoons scored as follows:
niiwankee. rs "a Battery d, 5L46 (rehs
platoonl Battery D, 81. IL Qeft platoon); Min
nesota, 46. &C.
Artillery Sections-Frst prize. $1,000, frst
section, Light Battery. Wisconsin; second prize
Sooo. second section Light Battery, Wisconsin,;
third prize, $500 section Battery D, Illinois;
fourth prize, $3.50. section battery. St Paul,
MINI. The scores of the sections as follows
Milwaukee, 81 IS and SO. 6l Chicago, 7lS4; St
Paul, 66 20. ont of a possible 100.
Cavalry-First prize, So. 500, Milwaukee Light
morse squadron; second prize ST., 500 Cleveland.
w., Troop The scores were as follows: Mil
waukee, 1915; Cleveland. 80 43 out of a possible
100.
The first-class band prize was full set of high
military band instruments consisting of twenty
five pieces and valued at s., 800 offered by Lyon
q Healy of this city, condition that any
band competing shall be composed of at least
twenty five actual players. There were three
entries for this prize. The score was as fol-
lows; Ligonier. Ind. band, 80 1-3 Bates, Wis
Mansion band. 50 3D. Greenvlle, Mich, Good
man band. 80 2-3 On account of protests the
Wisconsin and Michigan bands were ruled out
and the prize given to the Ligonier band In
their efforts to win the prize Michigan and
Wisconsin bands had hired nineteen professional
musicians from the Second Illinois regiment
There was no award for the second prize
Second Class-First prize. $500 Juvenile band
OF Jacksonville: second prize, $3.50 El6ora Ia
band. The second Nebraska band was awarded
c diploma of merit.
Individual Prize for the Best Drilled Soldier
First prize. $500, E. Fitzgerald, COMPANY G.
Third Wisconsin: second prize $3.50, j. b. Wag-
ner, Company A, First Kentucky third prize.
Sl2o, Z. Swartz. Company A. Thireeenth Ohio:
fourth prize. $75 E. p. Gray, Company B, First
Kentucky: fifth prize. $50. E. Johnston. Com.
pany a, First Kentucky
Drum aud Fife Corps-First prize, $3.50, De-
corah Ia; second prize $3.50, Dubuque Ia
Drum Corps-Special prize, 800, First Hi
nois.
Trumpet Corps-First prize, $780, Milwaukee
Lighthouse Squadron; second prize, $75, First
Illinois.
The encampment so far has not been a sue
CESS The local compauies are receiving nc cash
On prizes awarded, and the visiting companies
are settling on the best terms possible some
taking 90 per cent, and some taking parts OF
amounts in notes.